The Lutheran Pioneer St. Louis — 1933, Page 54

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54 “THE LUTHERAN. PIONEER

supporting congregation, beginning with the first °

day of March this year. We as a congregation wish
to thank the venerable Mission Board for the spir-
itual treasures you have shared with us. We thank

_ Rev. M. N. Carter.

you for beginning the work among us and: for the
progress which, under God, has been made in con-
nection with this work. We desire your earnest
prayers for the future that we may be a light to
our people, shedding upon them that light which
you have shed upon us. May your prayers move
our heavenly Father to make of us a saving station
for many in this city, so that they may come to the
knowledge of their sins, believe in the Lord Jesus
Christ, and be saved! Also in the:future we wish
to maintain the bonds: of cordial fellowship that
have existed between you and us. Visit us, instruct
and advise us. And may the God of grace sustain
us all! Amen.”

St. Philip’s, Chicago.

Thus St. Philip’s, Chicago, after only a very few
years, has emerged from its dependent childhood
and come to its majority, and this at a time of
great economic depression. Both pastor and people
surely deserve to be commended for their courage
in taking this step.

We hope that our older congregations will be
encouraged to follow in the steps of St. Philip’s,
Chicago, and St. Philip’s, St. Louis, both of which
are to be counted among our younger congregations.
The members of these two congregations may be
somewhat better situated in an economic way than
are those of our other colored mission-stations, but
we feel that in-a number of instances greater
progress toward financial independence could have
been made.

In this connection we must not forget to thank
those of our Chicago pastors and members who saw
the possibilities for colored work in their great city
and encouraged the Mission Board to begin opera-
tions. It is the splendid assistance of these white
congregations that gave St. Philip’s its fine, church
plant and in other ways offered it encouragement
and practical help. | F. J. L.

Colored Institutional Work
in Cincinnati.

A great blessing has come to our Lutheran
churches of Cincinnati. With the beginning of the
new year came the appointment of the Rev. Geo. H.
Kase, our city missionary, as the Protestant chap-
lain of the General Hospital. This means that now
the Lutheran Church, one of the smallest church-
bodies in Cincinnati, has the best opportunity of
bringing the Gospel of Jesus Christ to all the public
institutions of the city.

It will also be of interest to know that
the colored work has not been neglected.
In the colored wards of the General Hos-
pital, where hundreds of people are con-
fined every year, the patients are also re-
ceiving spiritual attention from a Lutheran

- pastor. We have been visiting these wards
for several years, but with the new arrange-
ment mentioned, our work has received new
opportunities.

The work is truly an interesting one.
Perhaps in no other department of a pas-

- tor’s work does the utter sinfulness as well
as the spiritual helplessness of man become
more apparent. And along with this there
also comes to’ our attention the fact that

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